{"id":4243,"date":"2018-04-27T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4243"},"modified":"2018-05-04T22:24:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T01:24:24","slug":"picasso-and-ayse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4243","title":{"rendered":"Picasso and Ay\u015fe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Y<\/strong>es, that Picasso.\u00a0 The painter.<\/p>\n

In the countries we have been to, we always enjoyed buying works of art from individuals.\u00a0 Any small neighborhood bazaar will have artists selling their goods and we have purchased many.\u00a0 These are not masterpieces, but just works of art that touched us.<\/p>\n

A beautiful friend of ours in Ankara has a daughter that follows her own path in Life.\u00a0 The first time I remember seeing Ay\u015fe was at an Embassy sponsored “Olympics”.\u00a0 While everyone was running around jumping through hoops, she was busy dragging a tree branch around in the dirt.<\/p>\n

When I saw her my first thought was, This little one follows the beat of a\u00a0different drum.\u00a0 <\/em>And as the years progressed, I thought correctly.<\/p>\n

I began to see postings from her mother of Ay\u015fe’s paintings on Facebook.\u00a0 So, I asked her sometime ago if her daughter would be interested in selling some of them.\u00a0 Ah, no thank you, <\/em>Ay\u015fe\u00a0told her.<\/p>\n

Recently, luckily for me, she has grown and realized the value of things.\u00a0 So, when I asked again, Ay\u015fe told her, Yes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Her mother sent me four pictures of the paintings Ay\u015fe picked out for me, and the one I chose was the one Ay\u015fe said I would choose.\u00a0 It made me feel good that she sensed which I would pick.<\/p>\n

Here is Ay\u015fe’s painting hanging on my bedroom wall, that she did when she was 7\u00bd years old.\"\"<\/a>It is based on\u00a0Picasso’s painting titled Portrait of Paulo as Pierrot.\"\"<\/a><\/em>At seven years old, I was struggling to tie my shoes …. come to think of it, I still do; but put that aside and let me say something here.\u00a0 A close friend used to paint pictures from the Masters.\u00a0 He said by doing so, he encountered the same problems they had and learned how to overcome them, and he became a better artist.\u00a0 Something I never would have thought about.<\/p>\n

But then I realized the same can be said for writing.\u00a0 By reading the works of the Masters, I have learned how they used words to describe all the facets of Life.\u00a0 Reading the words of Tolstoy, Hugo and Dickens, I have become better at putting my thoughts on paper.<\/p>\n

It will be the same with Ay\u015fe.\u00a0 If she continues to follow the Master’s works, and I expect she will, she will become an artist who stands out.\u00a0 Just the fact she chose the work of Picasso to copy, says a great deal and I know she will be a success in Life.<\/p>\n

Carry on, Little One.\u00a0 Your drum is calling you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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